The 5th International Disaster & Resilience Congress, or idRc2023, will be held on a hybrid format on October 11-13. The congress, organized by the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD), the Gebze Technical University and the Ministry of the Interior, will have the theme of “Disaster Resilient Türkiye”.

The 6th World Landslide Forum “Landslides Science for sustainable development” will be held in Florence at the Palazzo dei Congressi from 14 to 17 November 2023.

The role of information technology (IT) in disaster situations is becoming more critical in this recent years, especially in mitigating and reducing the risks associated with the disaster effects. Modern information and communication technologies can significantly facilitate the decision-making processes from the point of view of disaster risk reduction.

In the week from May 29 to June 1, EUMeTrain will hold an online Event Week on Heatwaves and Droughts. During the event week there will be a number of presentations which will cover different aspects of heatwaves and droughts, mainly focusing on satellite observations that can be used to study their impacts and causes. There will be a total of 15 presentations between the four days. 

This advanced-level training will focus on using remote sensing observations for monitoring post-fire impacts on watershed health. Specifically, this training will highlight uses of NASA Earth observations (EO) for pre-fire land cover mapping, watershed delineation and stream mapping, post-fire burn severity mapping, and pre- and post-fire riverine and freshwater water quality. This three-part training will highlight case studies that use remote sensing data for assessing the impacts of fires on watersheds.